News: WINTER 2012

Strategic research, new report

'Why place still matters in the digital age'
Published findings of ZZA's global study on third place working close to home, based on nearly 80,000 survey responses from over 60 countries, plus a large suite of qualitative interviews in Greater London, New York, Paris, Mumbai and Hong Kong.

Post occupancy evaluation

ZZA continues our research on the changing workplace, with further evaluations on the new wave of police stations, studying how effectively these perform for personnel as both operational space and their workplace.

Eco-cities standards for China

Following significant development, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office is funding collaborative work by the UK-China Eco-cities & Green Building Group, working with the Chinese Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) and the Chinese Society of Urban Studies on an action-research project to develop and implement eco-city policies across a range of Chinese cities. ZZA is on the project Steering Group.

ZZA research bursts into song

ZZA's research leads to better buildings. Now Neil Usher, General Manager, Group Property, Rio Tinto has converted our 2010 'Liveable lives' report to lyrics and Doug Shaw's put it to song.

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ZZA winter 2011 news